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316What are the modern classics? The Baruch poll of great philosophy in the twentieth centuryPhilosophical Forum 30 (4). 1999.
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139Douglas P. Lackey -- the moral case for unilateral nuclear disarmamentPhilosophy and Social Criticism 10 (3-4): 157-171. 1984.
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90Missiles and morals: A utilitarian look at nuclear deterrencePhilosophy and Public Affairs 11 (3): 189-231. 1982.
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90Divine Omniscience and Human PrivacyPhilosophy Research Archives 10 383-391. 1984.This paper argues that there is a conflict between divine omniscience and the human right to privacy. The right to privacy derives from the right to moral autonomy, which human persons possess even against a divine being. It follows that if God exists and persists in knowing all things, his knowledge is a non-justifiable violation of a human right. On the other hand, if God exists and restricts his knowing in deference to human privacy, it follows that he cannot fulfill the traditional function …Read more
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68Killing in war – by Jeff McMahanJournal of Applied Philosophy 27 (2): 212-215. 2010.No Abstract
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55The Ethics of Life Insurance Settlements: Investing in the Lives of Unrelated Individuals (review)Journal of Business Ethics 96 (4). 2010.Life insurance settlements, or life settlements, are life insurance policies owned by investor-beneficiaries on the lives of unrelated individuals. With life settlements, investors make substantial payments to the insured individuals upon purchasing such policies, pay any remaining premius, and collect the death benefits upon the demise of the insured individuals. Transactions involving life settlements seem poised to become a major source of profits for investment banks, comparable in dollar am…Read more
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55Immoral Risks: A Deontological Critique of Nuclear Deterrence: DOUGLAS P. LACKEYSocial Philosophy and Policy 3 (1): 154-175. 1985.I. Beyond Utilitarianism In the summer of 1982, I published an article called “Missiles and Morals,” in which I argued on utilitarian grounds that nuclear deterrence in its present form is not morally justifiable. The argument of “Missiles and Morals” compared the most likely sort of nuclear war to develop under nuclear deterrence with the most likely sort of nuclear war to develop under American unilateral nuclear disaramament. For a variety of reasons, I claimed diat the number of casualties i…Read more
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53Giotto in Padua: A New Geography of the Human SoulThe Journal of Ethics 9 (3-4): 551-572. 2005.In the Arena Chapel in Padua, Giotto painted seven allegorical representations of virtues and seven allegorical representations of vices. This article probes the sources for the list of virtues and the list of vices. The ensemble of virtues can be located in St. Thomas Aquinas; the ensemble of the vices, however, is original. The result is a new account of vices that displaces the odler account of the “seven deadly sins.”.
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49Peter Hylton, "Russell, Idealism, and the Rise of Analytic Philosophy" (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 30 (1): 149. 1992.
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49The Moral Irrelevance of the Counterforce/Countervalue DistinctionThe Monist 70 (3): 255-275. 1987.Since the atomic era began in 1945, there have been three waves of moral criticism directed at American nuclear weapons policies. The first wave, which began around 1957 and ended in 1962 with McNamara’s announcement of Flexible Response, focused on Dulles’s policy of Massive Retaliation. The second wave, which began in the early 70’s and ended in 1974 with Schlesinger’s announcement of Countervailing Response, focused on the Assured Destruction policy developed in McNamara’s later reports to Co…Read more
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44Modes of Individuation in ArtPhilosophy Research Archives 14 567-580. 1988.Philosophers have developed various systems of individuation for handling questions of identity regarding works of art. But even a casual survey of different arts reveals that questions of individuation in one art form are markedly different from questions of individuation in another. Though distinctively philosophical concepts can go a short way in clarifying these issues, it is hardly likely that any single philosophical system can do justice to them all.
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41Reflections on Cavell's ontology of filmJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 32 (2): 271-273. 1973.
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41Russell's unknown theory of classes: The substitutional system of 1906Journal of the History of Philosophy 14 (1): 69-78. 1976.
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36A New Disproof of the Compatibility of Foreknowledge and Free Choice: DOUGLAS P. LACKEYReligious Studies 10 (3): 313-318. 1974.Old philosophical problems never die, but they can be reinterpreted. In this paper, I offer a reinterpretation of the problem of reconciling divine omniscience and human free will. Classical discussions of this problem concentrate on the nature of God and the concept of free will. The present discussion will focus attention on the concept of knowledge, drawing on developments in epistemology that resulted from the posing of a certain problem by Edmund Gettier in 1963.
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34Cultural Pluralism Essays On Toleration, Michael Walzer , 128 pp., $16.50 cloth (review)Ethics and International Affairs 12 220-221. 1998.
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33Atheism, philosophy, pornography, and sodomy: The first libertinesPhilosophical Forum 42 (4): 347-350. 2011.
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32Ethical Reflections on Company-Owned Life InsuranceJournal of Business Ethics 80 (4): 845-854. 2008.COLI – company owned life insurance – is often purchased by firms on employees in whom the firm has no demonstrable insurable interest. Though no immediate harm comes to individuals insured in this way, purchasing such policies raises moral questions. From a Kantian framework, questions arise about reciprocity and fairness, the deception of employees, the generation of mistrust, and the use of the employee’s life as a means to profit. No compensating social good is served by the sale of these po…Read more
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31Book Review:Morality, Prudence, and Nuclear Weapons. Steven Lee (review)Ethics 105 (1): 196-. 1994.